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Population Growth
May 11, 2012--Conservation: How much is “reasonable,” and for whom? (Grand Junction Free Press)
In Colorado, the distribution of people and natural water flows don't match up very well. About 80% of our precipitation falls on the western side of the continental divide, and about 80% of the people, plus the lion's share of the state's flat land, are on the eastern side.
May 11, 2012--Population pressure impacts world wetlands (Science Daily)
The area of the globe covered by wetlands (swamps, marshes, lakes, etc.) has dropped by 6% in fifteen years. This decline is particularly severe in tropical and subtropical regions, and in areas that have experienced the largest increases in population in recent decades.
December 8, 2011--One quarter of world’s agricultural land ”Highly Degraded’, UN report concludes (Environmental News Network)
On Monday, the UN released the results of the first ever global study on the state of Earth’s land. The main finding: 25 percent of all land is highly degraded making it unsuitable for agriculture.
November 16, 2011--Thirsty power plants threaten watersheds, study finds (New York Times)
The first chapter of a new report on the effect of power plants on freshwater systems has the feel of a documentary film. Imagine a camera panning the dessicated Texas landscape as a voice intones statistics from the brutal 2011 drought — a dried-up Brazos River, 80 days of 100-degree-plus temperatures in some locations, and so on.
November 2, 2011--UN: Water pollution, drought threaten world's poor (Denver Post)
Prosperous countries have not lived up to their promises to help the poor, the U.N. declared Wednesday, saying poor people often go hungry because of polluted water, drought and other environmental factors that are increasing poverty.
October 26, 2011--Water use growing twice as fast as population! (Environmental News Network)
Like oil in the 20th century, water could well be the essential commodity on which the 21st century will turn. Human beings have depended on access to water since the earliest days of civilization, but with 7 billion people on the planet as of October 31, exponentially expanding urbanization and development are driving demand like never before.
October 23, 2011--Evaporating water supplies (Washington Post)
As the global population reaches 7 billion, ecological distortions are becoming widespread. Among the changes are a drop in fresh water supply in more than two dozen of the largest African nations and a net loss of forest in South America and Australia. Nations with stable or declining populations, such as the United States, have seen a rise in acreage and density of temperate forests.
October 11, 2010--News of a parched West continues to flow (High Country News)
How many times must it be written that in the West, the story is water, and how many times must the story of the West's dependence on the Colorado River for its water be told? Many readers probably know by now, but it bears repeating. The current running beneath many environmental justice stories is water.
October 2, 2010--UCLA study warns of historic Colorado River drought (Summit Citizens Voice)
The convergence of three climate cycles this winter could lead to historic drought conditions, according to researchers from UCLA, who warn that reservoir storage in Lake Mead could fall to unprecedented low levels.
September 29, 2010--Global river crisis erodes freshwater security (Environmental News Service)
The world's rivers are in a crisis of "ominous" proportions, according to a new global analysis, published today in the journal "Nature." Rivers in the developed world, including those in much of the United States and Western Europe, are under severe threat despite decades of attention to pollution control and investments in environmental protection, the study shows.Rivers o
